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20 Cards in this Set
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Agog |
Highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation I was agog at the idea |
Dog with goggles |
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Cloister |
Isolation They left the cloister and wandered in the search of food |
Closed oyster
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Erudition |
Knowledge acquired by study Each element of kalam's work need erudition. |
Every edition
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Glutton |
Excessively greedy eater, very eager for something; He is a glutton for adventure. |
Tonnes of glucose |
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Mundane |
Dull, common, ordinary, unimaginative I feel that my conclusion may appear trivial and *mundane* |
Monday |
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Onerous |
Troublesome, burdensome, involving obligations or responsibilities; Onerous job requires great amount of energy and pays small in return |
Owner rush |
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Aghast |
Filled with horror or shock; When the news about terrorist came out, I was aghast |
A ghost |
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Petulant |
Irritable, bad tempered, fractious(irritable and quarrelsome), irascible(easily angered) He was moody and quite petulant |
Pet you lent |
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Enervate |
Weaken, take away energy from, deprived of(loosen) strength, destroy the vigour(physical strength); I was enervated due to excessive exercising |
Energy waste |
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Inebriated |
Heavily drunk, Intoxicated Driving should be avoided in an inebriated condition |
Brew ated |
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Acme |
Peak, highest point, summit The Emperor was at the acme of its power |
Lakme |
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Expunge |
Wipe off, remove or erase completely, efface After a bed break up, I am trying to expunge those memories.
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Magical sponge |
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Plentitude |
Plenty, abundance, profusion That farmer has plentitude of animals |
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Strife |
Bitter conflict, antagonism (opposition), discord(not in tuning) Diplomacy is the best way to end strife |
Struggle with wife |
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Puerile |
Childish, silly, pertaining to a child or childhood
Stop making puerile excuses |
Pure smile |
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Verbose |
Use of too many words, wordy Conversation should be straight and rarely verbose |
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Potent |
Powerful, mighty, convincing, greatly influential Anti-corruption committee must be more potent |
Pot ant |
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Acumen |
Shrewdness(quick and good decision ability), insight(deep), mental sharpness
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Quick men |
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Estrangement |
Alienation, making unfriendly, disaffection The quarrel estranged the two friends |
Strange man |
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Irate |
Angry, furious, enraged I wrote a irate letter to professor |
Eye red |
